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Hey all, this is my first post here and I thought this would be a good thread to introduce myself. I've seen the boys many times, the first being the most memorable... probably because it was the first time!
Anywho, it was the late 70's and I was in high school in San Jose, CA. One day at lunch I see this band setting up to play in the quad. As soon as I saw their cowboy hats, I knew who it was. I already had their first (and only) album, and I was so excited to see them... playing MY high school! I don't remember much of the show, and the rest of the student body was really indifferent to them (it was a public school). Unfortunately I was painfully shy and did not have the courage to say hi to them. I remember calling my friend Allen who went to another school and bragging about what I had just seen. The next night he calls me and tells me they played his school as well. Apparently they played several schools in the area and then did a concert at the end of the week at a nice theater. Of course, me and Allen were in attendance and enjoyed it thoughrouly (I think I still have the t-shirt!). They did the whole "side 2" of Shotgun Angel as well. The lineup was already the SA band as I recall.
Pretty wild that bands did that back then... play for free all week in a town and do one show on the weekend. I remember asking Jerry Chamberlin about that years later (Kalhoun tour I think) and he was equally dumbfounded as to how they were able to survive in those days.
Other memorable concerts were:
The Amos & Randy show... in Edmonton, Alberta while I was in Bible College. They toured with Uncle Rand and did stuff from SA and HD. Also backed up Randy on some numbers, with plenty of whackiness between Terry and Jerry.
Also in Edmonton, on the Alarma tour I believe. Nobody knew what to think of that one. Totally unexpected by the crowd... a stripped down 4 piece blazing through at double speed what had become an anthem in our dorm..."I Love You #19". stunned faces everywhere. However they were able to generate some audience participation on "New Car".
At Knotts Berry farm on a christian music night I got to see the Vox Humana show with all the TV monitors set up everywhere and watched in amazement as the whole crowd already seemed to know the "Dance Stop" move of getting down real low to the ground and then slowly rising. Cool show!
At some church on the outskirts of L.A. I saw them with Undercover. It was the Kalhoun tour and they were the opening act. Not many fans there, but a good show nevertheless.
Got to see the Swirling Eddies a couple times at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. Great show!!! The keyboard player was wearing a chior robe and they had two, count em, two bass players. Never quite understood that. Fans twirled around on "Let's Spin".
Well I think that covers it. I've never been to C-stone so have not seen the band lately. Would love to see them again, in any form!
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